13. How to Forgive an A**hole with Nadia Bolz-Weber

Being a religious leader doesn’t mean you're an expert at practicing forgiveness. Lutheran minister Nadia Bolz-Weber says being in quarantine gave her the ego check she needed to get real about forgiveness and compassion -- for herself and others. This episode’s practice is about apologies and circling back to the relationships in your life that could use some mending.

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Resources from the show

• Listen to Nadia’s podcast, The Confessional.

• Read “The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World” by Desmond Tutu
• Check out Dr. Kristin Neff’s self-compassion meditations and exercises here.
• Nadia references Jean Valjean, one of the main characters in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables.

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